(verse 1)
DG
They hung a sign up in out town
A7D
"if you live it up, you won't live it down"
DG
So, she left Monte Rio, son
A7D
Just like a bullet leaves a gun
GA7
With charcoal eyes and Monroe hips
DG
She went and took that California trip
E/GA7
Well, the moon was gold, her Hair like wind
E/GA7
She said don't look back just Come on Jim

DG
Oh you got to
A7D
Hold on, Hold on
DG
You got to hold on
A7G
Take my hand, I'm standing right here
DG
You gotta hold on

(verse 2)
DG
Well, he gave her a dimestore watch
A7D
And a ring made from a spoon
DG
Everyone is looking for someone to blame
A7D
But you share my bed, you share my name
GA7
Well, go ahead and call the cops
DG
You don't meet nice girls in coffee shops
E/GA7
She said baby, I still love you
E/GA7
Sometimes there's nothin left to do

DG
Oh you got to
A7D
Hold on, Hold on
DG
You got to hold on
A7G
Take my hand, I'm standing right here
DG
You gotta hold on

(verse 3)
DG
Well, God bless your crooked little heart
A7D
St. Louis got the best of me
DG
I miss your broken-china voice
A7D
How I wish you were still here with me
GA7
Well, you build it up, you wreck it down
DG
You burn your mansion to the ground
E/GA7
When there's nothing left to keep you here, when
E/GA7
You're falling behind in this big blue world

DG
Oh you got to
A7D
Hold on, Hold on
DG
You got to hold on
A7G
Take my hand, I'm standing right here
DG
You gotta hold on

(verse 4)
DG
Down by the Riverside motel,
A7D
It's 10 below and falling
DG
By a 99 cent store she closed her eyes and started swaying
A7D
But it's so hard to dance that way
GA7
When it's cold and there's no music
DG
Well your old hometown is so far away
E/GA7
But, inside your head there's a record
E/GA7
That's playing, a song called

DG
Oh you got to
A7D
Hold on, Hold on
DG
You got to hold on
A7G
Take my hand, I'm standing right here
DG
You gotta hold on